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Surveillance Video Shows Crash Into 7-Eleven

Surveillance video released Tuesday shows a van crashing into an Aberdeen 7-Eleven store on Friday which injured a girl and her mother.

The video shows the van, driven by 57-year-old Kelvin Kinney, pull up in front of the store and come to a stop.

UNCUT: 7-Eleven Van Crash Caught On Camera

The van sits in front of the building for a full minute. An eyewitness said he saw Kinney fumbling with the gear selector and as the mother and her 2-year-old daughter were standing at the front counter.

Video shows the van accelerate into the building. The camera was knocked up into the ceiling as the building shook from the force of the crash.

Out of the camera's range, the 2-year-old girl was dragged across the store by the van as others jumped for cover.

Moments later, the camera shows smoke from burning rubber of the van's tires filling the store.

Shortly after, people are seen running toward the building to help.

Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

The girl was seriously injured and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She is still at the hospital in satisfactory condition.

Kinney was taken to the hospital, but has since been released.

Aberdeen police said Kinney was involved in a similar incident last year when he smashed into another building. In that incident, it was ruled a medical issue caused the crash.

It’s not known if a medical problem also led to the crash into the 7-Eleven, but police are trying to obtain Kinney’s medical records.

Police are also recommending the state revoke his license because they believe he's too dangerous to allow on the road.

"He's for some reason driven into two buildings in less than a year. That is pretty unusual for a safe normal driver," Captain John Green of the Aberdeen Police Department.

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